James Garner Quotes
Anyway, you learn a healthy respect for war, and I'm not happy with what's going on today. Uh, you know, our sterling President-um, I shouldn't get into this. Everybody's gonna kill me, but I'm not happy with him. I-I-if he had ever been in a war, he wouldn't have been so happy...so eager to send other people into war.
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I love working with other actors and other people - you know, stand-up - it's lonely; it's just you out there and the audience. But it's fun working with other actors. I love doing that, too.
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The defeat of Obamacare will come from the realization that the very idea of a government-administered health care system is absurd... and by people opting out of the system and developing workarounds.
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People are mean on social media, whoever you are. It's a shame people have to be that way.
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I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.
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I don't like people cleaning my room.
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People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary.
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I don't think there's anything that is a greater area of discrimination against women today than the fact that nowhere in the world is there a female role model in team sports that more than half of a general audience would recognize.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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I've always wanted to do a travel show for people who never thought they could.
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I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it is to project an image of staunch, unflinching leadership and grace, and that's just not how human beings, in their heart of hearts, work.
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The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.
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I want to be in control of how my music is released and how I create it. What people don't talk about when they talk about major labels is how many artists get dropped or funding gets dropped when they don't recoup quick enough.
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The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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Only the winners decide what were war crimes.
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Alone is a much better film than House of the Dead and better than most horror movies out today.
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I think that's part of the fun of being an actor - you get to not be normal all of the time.
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The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.
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When I switched to screenplays - 'cause I had done musicals and plays - the first assignment in film school was, you have to write a silent film. And it's tremendously helpful to learn how to do that because dialogue can be a crutch. If you can master a silent film, you're golden.
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I don't like to spend money when I'm traveling. I like to go places like Hawaii and not spend money. I splurge on time.
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I think it's critical that you feel you're working for a person who is committed to advancing your career.
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Anyway, you learn a healthy respect for war, and I'm not happy with what's going on today. Uh, you know, our sterling President-um, I shouldn't get into this. Everybody's gonna kill me, but I'm not happy with him. I-I-if he had ever been in a war, he wouldn't have been so happy...so eager to send other people into war.
